The Swiss ground service admitted that it was late for the Tu-154 team to reduce. Initially, the Swiss dispatchers insisted that the pilot of the Russian liner went to a decrease only after the air traffic controller for the third time gave the order to change the corridor, and the first warning was sent 2 minutes before the disaster. However, the German authorities said that warnings followed only 50 seconds before the collision, and the crew of the Russian liner reacted to the second of them.

The festive marathon will begin at eight o’clock in the morning in the capital, ITAR-TASS reports. The Federal Center for the largest country in Latin America intends to meet a plane with five -time world champions of the escort of the Air Force fighters. Such honors are laid only by national heroes.

On the eve of the group of "Brigade of the Martyrs of Al-Aksa", which is the military wing of the party of Yasir Arafat "Fath", called on all Palestinian organizations, including Islamic, to make attacks on "American and Zionist objects around the world" in response to the steps of the United States aimed at "eliminating the legitimate leadership of the Palestinian people." In a published statement, members of the Al-Aksa Brigades threaten to damage Zionist and American interests in Israel and

The new non-governmental organization of the World Congress of Russian-speaking Jewry is finally registered legally, said the chairman of the organizing committee of Congress Valery Engel at a press conference at Tuesday at the Jewish Commun Center in Moscow.

The US Presidential Administration George Bush decided to withdraw her proposal to North Korea to resume dialogue. This was announced today by a senior representative of the administration, who wished to remain unnamed. According to him, such a decision was caused, on the one hand, a recent incident in the Yellow Sea, where on Saturday there was a shootout between the patrol boats of the DPRK and the Republic of Korea.

In the parliament of Ukraine, on Tuesday, there was a brawl between the deputies Stepan Khmara and Vladimir Moisik. This happened after the announcement of a break in the session hall of the parliament. After a violent discussion between representatives of the Our Ukraine faction and the opposition bloc Yulia Tymoshenko and the Socialist Republic, Vladimir Moisika (our Ukraine faction, before the deputy, the judge of the Supreme Court) struck Stepan Gmaru (BYUT) in the face of Interfax.

American military personnel fell under fire in Afghanistan, reports Reuters. According to Pentagon representative, Lieutenant Jeff Davids, a unit of American military personnel returning from the hospital in Kandahar fell under fire. There are wounded. According to the Pentagon, the Americans were not in response. Links on the topic

Today in Barcelona there was a draw of the Euroleague championship of the 2002-2003 season, as a result of which the Moscow CSKA was in the group S. Rivals of the metropolitan team will be “Real” (Spain), Olympiacos (Greece), Kinder (Italy), Asvel (France), Iraklis (Greece), Ulker (Turkey) and Schlensk) and Schlensk (Poland). The first match of the season of the Moscow Army will spend on October 9-10 in Turkey, where they will meet with the Istanbul Ulker.

Volkswagen plans to expand production in Ukraine. Currently, Skoda Fabia is collected in Uzhgorod from large nodes, and in the city of Chop - Octavia. The organization of the so -called "screwdriver assembly" cost $ 15 million. For the sale of cars throughout Ukraine, it is supposed to build 50 Skoda auto centers in the next two years. However, the plans of the German concern are not limited to these.

The Norwegian came to the store in which he stole sweets in childhood, and gave the owner about 180 dollars to weaken the torment of conscience, Ananova.com reports. A 20-year-old resident of the city of Arna told the owner of the Bachelor goods store Hyalmar Hansen that he secretly endured sweets when he was 11 years old. He appeared in a store with a cash envelope, which he handed over to Hansen, the one, of course, had no idea about the fact of theft.

The legend of the Australian tennis Pat Kash is convinced that the first racket of Great Britain Tim Henman will not be able to win the title of Wimbledon champion this year, RIA Novosti reports. “If Henman wins the Wimbledon tournament, I am ready to come to the television show in one of the old dresses of Sue Barker (famous in the past of the British athlete),” said Pat cache. “I say seriously - I will really come.

Humanitarian goods and funds from all sources to the districts affected by floods were received in the amount of 2.7 billion rubles, RIA Novosti was told on Tuesday in the press service of the apparatus of the Plenipotentiary of the President in the Southern Federal District (SEF). As noted in the press service, the number of responses to tragic events in the south of Russia is increasing every day.

The administration of St. Petersburg decided to prepare a draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, according to which the famous building of the Kazan Cathedral will be transferred to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church , Interfax reports. According to the press service of the Governor of St. Petersburg, the project will provide for the annual allocation of financial resources from the federal budget for the restoration of the cathedral.

Consideration of the appeal of Russian skiers Larisa Lazutina and Olga Danilova for the actions of the International Olympic Committee during the Winter Olympic Games 2002 in the International Arbitration Court in Lausanne on July 17, most likely, will not be held and will be transferred for an indefinite period. This was announced by ITAR-TASS today by the acting President of the Russian Ski Federation, Alexander Kravtsov. According to Kravtsov, this issue is now in limbo.

Superpopular American actor Tom Cruz said that he was going to take his children from his native country because the United States is horrified, Foxnews.com reports. “It would be the right thing to do everything so that the children grew outside the United States,” Kruz said, making a reservation that the current state of America would very sadden him.